“Some people” get a shock at hearing words like “cow” and “Om” and it is unfortunate, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today as he launched a disease prevention programme for livestock at Mathura in Uttar Pradesh.
“Some people, if they hear words like ‘gaay’ (cow) and Om, their hair stands on end. They feel that the country has gone back to the 16th century. Can one talk about rural economy without animals,” PM Modi said as he launched the National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP) along with other schemes for farmers.